“I plan to get a big freezer for them,” said Lai to The New Haven Register. “I’m going to catch a whole bunch of them and preserve them for future eating. I plan on eating a whole bunch of them myself.”

“I’m definitely considering the possibility of including them in some thematic dinners I do,” the chef went on. “Insects are far healthier for our bodies than eating meat.”

The United Nations would agree. It released a 200-page report earlier this week saying insects could be the cure to world hunger and the food crisis.